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VIDEO: Gwen Shares If Lack Of Sleep Increases Her PMS/Premenstrual Syndrome Agitation

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Gwen shares if decreased rest increased her PMS/premenstrual syndrome agitation.

Gwen:
Well, really the thing I would say is a big factor is that I have a very difficult time sleeping when I have PMS, and sometimes I’ve thought that I had a sleep disorder. I have pretty much been able to link it to PMS and that when I have PMS I have a difficult time sleeping. So I have tried sleep medications for that which do help, but maybe they are not addressing the real issue. I think the sleep deprivation that comes from having a really difficult time sleeping and mostly because I cannot seem to turn my brain off and it is an agitation issue again. I feel agitated, and even if I am happy about something, I cannot turn my brain off, talking about it or thinking it. So that contributes to the other problems of PMS, having decreased mental focus and having more cravings because my brain is so tired because I have not slept. So it is a little bit of a vicious cycle between the two things.

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